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Respectfully submitted,
MRS. F. W. GREEN A. L. DAMON, M. D. H. W. CUTLER
Trustees
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School Committees' Report
To the Citizens of Wilbraham :-
Your school committee respectfully submits the fol- lowing report for the year 1929.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR 1929
Appropriation for school support
$61,375.00
Interest, Warriner Fund
30.82
Interest, School Lot Fund
33.72
Total available for school support
$61,439.54
Total expenditures, itemized statement follows
$59,776.66
Less-
Refunds on tuition paid
$405.11
Other refunds
2.00 407.11
Net expenditures
$59,369.55
Less than total available
$ 2,069.99
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COST OF SCHOOLS TO THE TOWN IN 1929 FOR SUPPORT
Net expenditures above
$59,369.55
Credits
General School Fund Law, Part II $7,519.11
General School Fund Law, Part I
3,224.40
Superintendent's Salary
855.78
Vocational Education
1,861.39
Tuition of Lyman School boys
80.75
Tuition of State Wards
237.78
Interest, Warriner Fund
30.82
Interest, School Lot Fund
33.72
Supplies sold
.44
Damage to desk
1.00
Car tickets sold
108.98
13,954.17
*Amount paid from local taxation
for support
$45,415.38
*This amount is $6.163.51 less than for 1928, due to the fact that in 1929 Wilbraham participated in the distribu- tions under the General School Fund Law, Part II.
ITEMIZED STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURES
School Committee
Evanore O. Beebe
$52.00
H. W. Cutler 50.00
Mrs. Mary S. Merrick
50.00
$152.00
Superintendence of Schools and Enforcement of Law
F. A. Wheeler, salary 1,711.11
F. A. Wheeler, traveling and other expenses 277.38
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Jennie T. Abbott, labor certificates and care of tickets
48.00
Emily O. Cormier, salary 533.32
Frank J. Patnaude, attendance officer 89.74
Fannie R. Pease, labor certificates 13.80
A. B. Sanderson, taking school census
31.50
$2,704.85
Supervisors' Salaries
Ethel C. Morse
3.68.00
Ralph L. Morse
46.00
Helen B. Tower
511.10
$925.10
Teachers' Salaries
Bertha H. Amo
720.00
Winifred A. Egan
620.00
Edith S. Feustel
720.00
Ruth M. Gennett
400.00
Katherine A. Hart
1,120.00
Marion L. Holland
1,200.00
Marion E. Kelley
1,300.00
Elizabeth C. Kelly
780.00
Helen Kochanek
6.00
Esther I. Lindell
460.00 .
Mary G. Logan
1,200.00
Susie R. McCorrison
1,200.00
Loretta K. McDonald
1,200.00
Hazel Marsden
440.00
Ruth M. Mason
1,200.00
Eleanor B. Parsons
1,300.00
Yolande A. Richard
400.00.
Minnie M. Sanderson
1,230.00
Agnes I. Simmington
520.00
Pearl C. Supernaw
660.00
Ferne E. Terwilliger
1,200.00
Mabel E. Welch
1,200.00
$19,076.00
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Textbooks
American Book Company
88.79
Arlo Publishing Company
18.36
Barnes and Noble
17.63
C. C. Birchard & Company
14.55
The Bobbs-Merrill Co.
15.71
Ginn and Company
115.21
D. C. Heath & Company
1.29
Houghton, Mifflin Co.
17.52
Iroquois Publishing Co.
141.42
Laidlaw Brothers
19.44
The Macmillan Company
3.05
Charles E. Merrill Co.
15.66
Newson & Company
31.61
The A. N. Palmer Co.
4.82
W. F. Quarrie & Co.
165.00
Rand, McNally & Co.
7.37
Charles Scribner's Sons
26.52
$703.95
Supplies
American Education Press, Inc.,
Weekly Reader
2.40
Bertha H. Amo, Palmer certificates 7.80
Art Craft, Inc., cotton warp
8.21
C. S. Axtell Co., printing
6.03
E. E. Babb & Co., supplies
27.52
Barnes & Noble, charts
4.80
The Bobbs-Merrill Co., charts
15.42
Milton Bradley Co., supplies
506.27
Carlisle Hardware Co., paint, enamel etc.
6.90
The Carter's Ink Co., ink
2.25
Favor, Ruhl & Co., poster paper
4.16
Forbes & Wallace, tape, thread, needles, etc.
10.17
A. L. Fredette, printing
19.00
J. L. Hammett Co., maps, supplies
55.33
Holden Patent Book Cover Co., covers
19.27
Iroquois Publishing Co., cards
5.70
Johnson's Bookstore, hektograph, cane, etc 3.25
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Elizabeth C. Kelly, Palmer awards 11.64
Laidlaw Brothers, study period projects
43.65
Mary G. Logan, Palmer awards
1.25
Susie R. McCorrison, enamel
2.75
Meekins, Packard & Wheat, burlap
2.75
Ethel C. Morse, music
.70
Newson & Company, seat work
25.93
The A. N. Palmer Co., pens
27.87
Frank J. Patnaude, trucking
5.00
Peckham, Little & Co., Bibles
4.12
Signe L. Polson, card files
1.00
Public School Publishing Co., tests
16.06
George W. Robbins & Sons Co., materials
72.62
Sackett's Typewriter Exch., multi- graphing
1.51
R. L. Studor, lettering certificates
10.00
Ferne E. Terwilliger, coping saw blades
.50
Thacker-Craig Paper Co., supplies
90.51
Webster Publishing Co., English Exercises
31.48
F. A. Wheeler, expressage on supplies
1.01 ~
Irving L. White, paper
112.22
Wright & Ditson, basket ball
8.08
Wright & Potter Printing Co.,
account blanks
6.16
$1,181.29
Janitors
Jerry Donohue
370.00
Louis J. Johnson
92.00
Frank J. Patnaude
1,352.00
Harriet Swetland
360.00
C. W. Vinton
84.00
$2,258.00
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Fuel
M. S. Converse Co., coal
364.66
Cutler Grain & Coal Co., coal
1,007.00
B. B. Green, wood
188.25
W. H. McGuire, coal
115.45
$1,675.36
Miscellaneous Operating Expenses
Edward E. Babb & Co., Kaustine
7.91
Carlisle Hardware Co., Dustbane
79.44
H. W. Carter Paper Co., towels,
toilet paper
138.15
Central Mass. Electric Co., lights, power
216.25
Division of the Blind, brooms
7.62
James B. Logan, fly spray
9.10
Massachusetts State Prison, mops, brushes · 16.42
Morrissey Brothers Co., rake & shovel
3.25
City of Springfield, water
28.16
Standard Oil Co. of New York, floor dressing
9.85
Vacher Mfg Co., window cleaner
2.70
Wadsworth, Howland & Co., Inc .. Savogran 9.68
L. E. Whitaker Stores Co., venom
2.75
$531.28
Repairs
G. A. Authier & Son, painting 743.60
E. E. Babb & Co., inkwells
3.20
Carlisle Hardware Co., door stops, bolts, etc.
9.85
W. S. Champlin, work at Pines
17.00
Cheney-Bigelow Co., window guards
16.07
The Collin's Electric Co., globe
2.25
Commissioner of Public Safety, boiler inspection 5.00
Crane Co., repairing bubbler
.78
Forbes & Wallace, repairing victrola
1.00
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Fox & Cushing, weather stripping
37.00
Frederick Lisowna, moving desks 5.00
E. D. McNamara, materials 3.12
Marcy Lumber Co., materials
13.00
Meekins, Packard & Wheat, carpet
6.15
J. H. Miller Co., repairing desk
2.50
Mechi Misiaszek, moving desks
5.00
Morrissey Brothers Co., drain pan, paint, etc.
30.35
Frank J. Patnaude, casters
.40
Benj. Powells Sons, Inc., ladder
6.60
Reformatory for Women, flags
6.44
George W. Robbins & Sons Co., materiałsię
69.48
A. B. Sanderson, labor ,
4.40
Chas. S. Stacy, repairs on heaters
125.02
James S. Stephens, repairing shades
6.95
Herbert F. Swetland, labor, materials
358.64
Leslie J. Swetland, putting on storm door
1.50
Horace S. Thomas, glass, screws, putty, etc.
7.86
C. W. Vinton, labor at East Wilbraham
65.93
Frank Walch, filing saws
3.20
F. A. Wheeler, pail soldered
.15
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Wyckoff & Lloyd Co., clearing drain
170.97
$1,728.41
Libraries
Frank J. Patnaude, collecting library books 2.00
Health
Mrs. George A. Clark, services 7.50
Dr. A. L. Damon, school physician
440.50
Dentists & Surgeons Supply Co., Schicking needles
2.04
A. L. Fredette. printing
9.25
Signe L. Polson, school nurse, supplies
851.97
Sweet Drug Co., supplies
39.55
$1,350.81
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Elementary School Transportation
Santi Belli, caring for children at
Plains 93.00
Gideon Dickinson, transporting children
1,070.00
A. B. Sanderson, transporting children
800.00
$1,963.00
High and Trade School Transportation
Gilbert Allyn
4.84
John Baldwin
32.80
Joseph Baldwin
38.70
Florence Beane
19.64
Eloise Bennett
4.18
Barbara Berry
40.84
Eleanor Brindley
24.60
Georgia Curns
30.75
James Curns
31.49
Gideon Dickinson
1,747.80
Ruth Eldridge
34.44
Daniel C. Ellenwood
185.75
Bertha Farnham
9.18
Katherine Frost
6.23
Pauline Herter
10.20
Marion Holdridge
9.43
Eleanor Lynchh
3.94
Genevieve Lynch
8.86
Louise Lynch
9.18
Rose Lynch
12.79
Burt Nietupski
26.94
Mary Nietupski
56.08
Alton Nordin
89.80
Harry Phillips
4.26
Elizabeth Piper
13.12
Janet Piper
12.30
Marjorie Piper
14.72
Veronica Pirosseno
4.10
Louise Porteri
9.60
Clifford Rogers
10.68
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Springfield St. Railway Co
4,394.38
Edward Talbot
13.12
Dorothy Tilley
4.80
Isabel Wright
19.28
$6,938.82
High School Tuition
Town of Ludlow
250.00
City of Springfield
13,517.50
$13,767.50
Elementary School Tuition
Town of Ludlow $50.00
Continuation School Tuition
Town of Ludlow
17.36
City of Springfield
63.24
$80.60
Trade School Tuition
City of Springfield $4,589.50
Miscellaneous Auxiliary Expenses
William F. Logan, insurance $48.30
New Equipment
Massachusetts Reformatory, office
furniture 18.47
Springfield Office Supply Co., Mimeo-
graph, filing boxes 31.42
$49.89
Total of school orders drawn
$59,776.66
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APPROPRIATIONS NEEDED FOR 1930
General Expenses :
School Committee, salaries
$ 150.00
Expenses
20.00
Superintendent's Salary
1,710.00
Other Expenses
1,000.00
Expenses of Instruction :
Supervisors' Salaries
975.00
Teachers' Salaries
19,200.00
Textbooks
700.00
Supplies
800.00
Expenses of Operation :
Janitors
2,300.00
Fuel
1,700.00
Miscellaneous Operating Expenses .
:: 550.00
Maintenance :
Repairs
2,000.00
Auxiliary Agencies :
Health
1,350.00
Transportation
8,900.00
Tuition
21,000.00
Miscellaneous
500.00
$62,855.00
ESTIMATE OF CREDITS ON ACCOUNT OF EDUCATION FOR 1930
General School Fund Law,
Part II
$7,339.33
General School Fund Law, .
Part I
2,914.40
Superintendent's Salary
859.24
Vocational Education
1,851.30
Tuition, State Wards and Lyman
School boys
300.00
$13,264.27
Respectfully submitted,
EVANORE O. BEEBE H. W. CUTLER MARY S. MERRICK School Committee of Wilbraham
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Report of Superintendent of Schools
To the School Committee of Wilbraham :
Herewith is submitted my report as superintendent of schools for the year ending December 31, 1929 : Teachers
During the year resignations have been received as fol- lows :
Mrs. Hazel M. Files resigned from the intermediate room at Wilbraham Street to accompany her husband to the Pacific Coast.
Mrs. Bertha H. Amo resigned as teacher of the eighth grade at The Pines, and is now living in New Jersey.
Miss Pearl C. Supernaw resigned as teacher of the East Wilbraham school to accept a position in Ludlow.
Miss Edith S. Feustel, after seventeen years of faithful service in the schools of the town, having reached the legal age for retirement, gave up teaching and is now living in South Hadley.
Mrs. Elizabeth C. Kelley resigned as principal at the Pines and teacher of grade 1 and has retired from teaching.
To fill these vacancies appointments have been made as follows :
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Mrs. Agnes I. Simmington as upper grade teacher and principal at The Pines. Mrs. Simmington is a graduate of Bridgewater Normal School and before her marriage had some years of experience as teacher and principal in the schools of Palmer.
Miss Winifred A. Egan, a Westfield graduate with about a year's experience in substitute psitions, to the second grade at The Pines to succeed Miss Feustel.
Miss Ruth M. Gennett, a recent North Adams graduate, to succeed Mrs. Kelly as first grade teacher at The Pines.
Miss Esther I. Lindell, a Westfield graduate with two years of successful experience in Becket, to the Inter- mediate school at Wilbraham Street.
Miss Yolande A. Richard, a graduate of the 1929 class at Framingham, to the East Wilbraham school.
With regret I record the fact that Mrs. Ethel C. Morse, for six years the popular and efficient supervisor of music in the Wilbraham schools, because of the condition of her health, has been given an indefinite leave of absence. The school department has been fortunate in being able to secure her husband. Mr. Ralph L. Morse, also a music supervisor, to take up and carry on the work which she had to relinquish.
Equipment and Repair Work
During the summer vacation the exteriors of the Stony Hill and North Wilbraham schoolhouses were painted, and the interiors of the Stony Hill, the East Wilbraham, and the new Pines schoolhouses were redecorated. A con- siderable sum was spent also repairing the sewer pipes at The Pines. On request, the school board voted to put town water into the Stony Hill building if the appropriation would permit, but, by the time that it was clear that there would be a balance available, cold weather had set in and the committee was advised to postpone the work until next spring.
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One piece of work that has improved the appearance of the classrooms very much at practically no expense to the town has been the rehanging of all the wall pictures.
The Edward F. Powers memorial tablet, placed in the Mile Tree school about the time that that building was re- named in honor of a citizen of Wilbraham who gave up his life in the service of his country during the World War, because of the closing of the school in which it was placed, has been removed, and is now attached to the wall in the corridor of the Wilbraham Street school.
It is to be hoped that the attempts being made to secure additional land for playground purposes at the North Wil- braham schoolhouse will be successful.
All the schoolrooms of the town, except the one at East Wilbraham and the two in the old building at The Pines, are artificially lighted. The school board should complete the task by putting electric lights in these buildings. They are old buildings and the natural lighting is not as good as it is in some of the other buildings which can also be lighted artificially.
Under this heading attention may properly be called to the very unusual amount of equipment made by Mr. Pat- naude, janitor at The Pines school, and the special class boys at that building. The list includes the following : eleven bulletin boards, two reading boards, five screens, a luncheon cupboard, a janitor's cupboard, a basket ball court, roller, and basket ball equipment, thirteen tables, eight sand tables, a tool board, and three easels. Under Mr. Patnaude's leadership much work has been done also in improving the grading of the yard and cleaning up an area for baseball.
An improvement in the organization at The Pines school was made last fall by transferring the special class to the room in the old building formerly used by the eighth grade, and putting the new principal with the eighth grade in the new building. The special class equipment, consisting of work benches, a loom, a sewing machine, and movable chair desks, needs a spacious room and does not fit well in the
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smaller unilaterally lighted classrooms of the new building. The change also means that other classes will no longer be disturbed by the noise which comes from sawing boards, driving nails, running a loom, and other kinds of hand work.
The Tuberculosis Survey
In the report of a year ago attention was called to the fact that the Hampden County Tuberculosis Association and the Westfield State Sanatorium, cooperating, were making a tuberculosis survey of the children in the public schools. The following facts regarding this survey may be of general interest.
Five hundred and nine children out of a total school popu- lation of five hundred and eighty were examined. As no child was examined without the consent of his parents, the percentage of children examined seems to be very good indeed. All but two of the children examined were given the tuberculin test, and, of these, one hundred and forty-five reacted positively to the test. These one hundred and forty- five were then X-rayed in the search for evidence of tuber- cular trouble. After the survey was completed, a report sent to the school department from the state sanatorium listed three hundred and one children as needing dentistry, thirty-five as having enlarged or diseased tonsils or adenoids twenty-eight as cases of malnutrition, twelve as tuberculo- sis suspects, and nine as having hilum tuberculosis.
Comments on the Survey
Any parent who visited one of the school buildings while the survey work was being done must have been impressed by the completeness of the equipment for making the exam- inations and the thoroughness with which they were being given. The corps of workers included three doctors, a specialist from the state sanatorium, four nurses, a nutri- tionist, and two stenographers. The nurses prepared the children, the doctors gave the examinations, and the sten- ographers made the records. After the records had been studied and the tuberculin tests read, a second round of visits was made to X-ray any children whose condition made this seem desirable.
The children reported as having defective teeth, dis- eased tonsils, adenoids, hilum tuberculosis, or classed as
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suspects, or as suffering from malnutrition, three hundred and eighty-five in all, not counting duplicates, having re- mediable physical conditions which call for action by pa- rents and school authorities. Not one of the whole number is in perfect physical condition. Every one can, in all human probability, by taking the proper measures, be com- pletely rid of his trouble. It is difficult to estimate how much attention to their defects at this time may mean for these children in after life.
A Dental Clinic
Attention is particularly called to the fact that three hundred and ten children were reported as in need of den- tistry. The good teeth campaign is always on in our schools. Instruction in the care of the teeth is given by the teachers in the course in hygiene. Two thousand and sixteen tooth brushes have been sold to the school children of this union through Miss Polson, of which number the children of Wilbraham have undoubtedly bought their fair share. Miss Polson has also made dental appointments for children and taken them to Springfield to have their teeth filled. The Study Club has for two successive years paid a Springfield dentist for inspecting the children's mouths and issuing certificates to those children not in need of dentistry. At the May Day exercises teeth tags have been awarded to children having the dental certificate. All these measures have helped. Particularly, at Wilbraham Street last May every child in two classrooms won a teeth tag, and these two schools were granted a half holiday by the school board as a reward of merit.
But, in spite of all that has been done, over half of the children in our schools still have defective teeth. Our school nurse, Miss Polson, has for years advocated the establishing of a dental clinic as the most satisfactory and surest method of doing away with this condition.
The school board is asked to consider requesting the town for an appropriation to establish a dental clinic. Such clinics are the rule in the cities and larger towns, and are being established more and more in connection with the public schools of the state. In ten years the number of
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these clinics has increased from forty-three to three hun- dred and forty-two. The town of East Longmeadow has had a dental clinic in its schools for five years. During 1928 this was open thirty-nine half days. It gave treatment to two hundred and sixty-nine pupils. Eighty-six children had their teeth cleaned, one hundred and thirty teeth were extracted. two hundred and ninety fillings were put in. Of the teeth extracted, ninety-seven were found to be ab- scessed ; the children were well rid of them.
After the initial cost of equipping a room has been made, the dental clinic is a comparatively inexpensive enterprise. In 1928 East Longmeadow expended $277.65 on its clinic, and received back in fees $197.50, making the net cost to the town for maintaining the clinic for a year but $80.15.
Hot Lunches
Playground equipment and other helps for the schools given by the Parent-Teacher Associations of the town were referred to in last year's report. Attention is called to a project now being carried out by the Wilbraham Street "P. T. A." During the fall this association voted to serve a hot lunch to the pupils staying at the building during the noon hour if the parents so desired. A canvass of the parents was made; the number favoring the project war- ranted its undertaking. Regarding the project, Mrs. Par- sons, principal of the building, reports as follows: "Hot soup or drink has been served each noon beginning Decem- ber 3, 1929, to an average of twenty-five pupils at five cents per bowl.
"Mrs. Leavitt. who lives near, prepares the hot lunch, and a pupil is commissioned to leave each day just before noon to bring it to school for immediate serving.
"Pupils are appointed to take full charge of getting the orders from the separate rooms and combining for a joint order, and serving the soup when it arrives so that there is no delay and no confusion.
"No announcement is made as to the kind of soup to be served when orders are taken, and this alone encourages children to cultivate a liking for all varieties of soup.
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"The hot lunches are enjoyed very much by pupils and teachers and all the arrangements seem to be very satis- factory."
At North Wilbraham also, under the auspices of St. Cecelia's Guild, arrangements have been made for serving milk to pupils in the school. This measure was prompted by the fact that there were underweight children in the school. It is a public spirited enterprise. and the organiza- tion deserves the thanks of the community.
Scholarship
Each year several so-called achievement tests are given in the schools. By means of these tests, one can measure the quality of the work being done in such subjects as arith- metic computation and reasoning, spelling, language usage, rate and comprehension of reading, and penmanship. The tests are not supposed to measure progress in some of the most important phases of school life, but they do enable a teacher to compare her pupils in the respects in which they are measured with standards arrived at by testing thousands of pupils throughout the country in the same subjects and grades. In general, it may be said that these tests indicate a satisfactory grade of scholarship, though there are some low spots. The primary grades are more likely to fall below the standard than the grammar grades. I see a reason for this in the fact that the country over ad- mission to the first grade is usually at six years, while children in our schools are admitted to the first grade at five. Another reason may be found in the fact that many children come from homes with foreign born parents. This probably is the reason why it has been particularly difficult to bring the classes at The Pines school up to standard in language usage, but both teachers and pupils are working hard on the task, and improvement is being made.
The purpose of these tests has been not merely to de- termine the standard of achievement arrived at by our pupils, but also to discover particulars in which individual pupils or classes were failing, with the plan of resorting to remedial measures. One illustration will serve to make this clear. A general survey test in arithmetic given in
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October showed that pupils in grades 6, 7, and 8 were weak in addition and subtraction of fractions. Out of one hun- dred and twenty-one pupils in those grades in our schools, forty-nine failed in this work. while only ten failed in mul- tiplication and division of fractions. That showed the need _ of more teaching and drill in addition and subtraction, but indicated a reasonably good mastery of multiplication and division. In a test in rate and comprehension of reading more classes exceeded the standard median in comprehen- sion than in rate. The test indicated that our children were slow readers and showed the need of changes of methods in primary grades. In handwriting, on the other hand, as measured by the Ayres Scale, the rate of penmanship was, almost without exception, in excess of the standard median, while many classes fell below in quality.
The town has one hundred and thirty-one high and Trade school pupils for whom it is paying tuition. One test of the quality of work being done is the ability of these pupils to meet successfully the requirements of the schools to which they go. Of course, success depends upon native ability, choice of course, and faithful application as well as upon the preparation which the pupils receive. Health is also an important factor. There are always some failures. Below are given the percentages of marks of each grade of the Wilbraham pupils in the Springfield high schools during the first two marking periods of the current year. It is understood that E means Failure, D-Low Passing, C-
Fair, B-Good, and A-Excellent.
A's
B's
C's
D's
E's
Junior High :
Marks for 1st period
7%
31
43
13
6
Marks for 2nd period
8
41
35
11
5
Senior High :
Marks for 1st period
13
26
33
20
8
Marks for 2nd period
15
30
30
15
10
As a concluding remark on this topic, it may be said that while the standard of scholarship in the Wilbraham schools is reasonably good, both teachers and superintendent would like to have it higher and are always working to that end.
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Law Observance
School life furnishes many opportunities for teaching respect for law. These should not be neglected. Section 98 of Chapter 266 of the General Laws reads as follows : "Whoever wilfully, intentionally and without right, or wantonly and without cause, destroys, defaces, mars or in- jures a schoolhouse, church or other building erected or used for purposes of education or religious instruction, or for the general diffusion of knowledge, or an outbuilding, fence, well or appurtenance of such schoolhouse, church or other building, or furniture, apparatus or other property belong- ing thereto or connected therewith, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprison- ment for not more than one year." Of course, a child in the public schools would hardly be brought into court for offences under this act, yet its observance should be in- sisted on. The number of children who wilfully injure school property is small. Usually when an instance occurs, the parent gladly cooperates with the school in penalizing the child by causing payment for the damage to be made.
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